I think it was about 5 miles or so into the walk before we saw a boat in use. 0 Latimer, Clarion Housing Group’s development arm, has completed the purchase of a major new £200 million residential site off Kirkstall Road. She was born in 1873 in Hunslet where her... You have entered an incorrect email address! Walking on you will come to a tunnel (7) that takes you under the first railway bridge. A mere 4 minute wait and we were on the bus back to Leeds. We were joined by my wife and daughter for this trip as they enjoyed some retail therapy in Leeds whilst we did the walk. This was once the former Clariant UK works site. The remains of the weir, which was destroyed in a storm in WW2, can be seen (upstream) from the bridge which spans the River Aire. �Q�����:U��7Fz��U��RϷ�ͮE+D��>x�(�H�����N��c��ַ�E����y\��|����j!�Ƅf��[�`�V#Z��V3Osa`�4y���iA�/�h0�7���I� X�e��\����\�|*����ȊY���v@� M�j�dHH%�1}_k��٬g� The walk is … The bold numbers match the places numbered on the map. Good beer too - the pub had won a CAMRA award for community pub of the year 2008. Not long after you will notice a swing bridge with stone work, which is Grade II listed. As the canal left Leeds and headed into countryside we decided to look for a pub. The walk begins next to the train station and the Granary Wharf shopping centre in Leeds city centre. Where were they all heading? Ûc{��7Q�}�"�g�ŀճ�6Z��d���t�8@Q��,��i{�h2�拓�5��?< �!�4#�ĩk�,%U>Y������6�D}G�]�B�`�\�,5��1'�/�������n�F}��A�9 1@��ӶR�����.����Ii���Ta��� d$�v��AbU���ˠp�,c^Է(!�3��S&�+�c�3�).�dvZ�>��}�1���e��¦�י���p�ܲ@XW��`jx(�^���Q���"x�p����!�����;"���/��������%y(�CI^R���1]B�PuHl�"���՟)u���&�� o�f���Q Both the bridge and weir had to be replaced 65 years later because of storm damage. Take the left fork going down the hill where you will see open fields and if you carry on following the path you will start to catch sight of the river again. This was the sight of the old Victorian Gasworks (14). Over recent years there has been a huge surge of interest in Mindfulness. You couldn't make it up. We were surprised by how quiet the stretch of canal was in Leeds. Keep going down the road on the right until you come to the Old Packhorse Bridge also known as Calverley Bridge (3). So, it was over the road bridge in order to cross a footbridge. As you walk along you will notice a new housing estate on your right. How long it takes you is entirely up to you. .��� �R���b�2�,���@k N�B�\��9�x#@�)�0ik�A���4M�cS1��ㄅX!�8Nv gR_Zz�x�"A���T Beginning at Apperley Bridge, the walk teeters along the edges of the River Aire before returning on a charming section of towpath down the Leeds – Liverpool canal, the longest canal in Northern England at 127 miles long. endstream endobj 300 0 obj <>stream Cross the bridge, which it is now free to do as from between 1705 -1916 you would have had to pay to cross it. There weren't many boats at all but there were plenty of cyclists. I have started this walk from the gate at the Rodley Nature Reserve and ended it at the same place. H��ͮ���`ޡ_�H���E,XH ���"�"ۊ �@~�|��-]}�z`�w���dU�:��շ����ǟ���z��7~�����������������������%m��-�ć[�m/�����Ͼyͻ��h�÷������y� Despite the tightening lockdown rules in Leeds, Farsley Farmers' Market will go ahead tomorrow (Saturday) as planned. If you look downstream you can see an island which was once a mill race for Calverley Mill.

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